NEW YORK -- A lawyer for Alex Rodriguez declined Major League Baseballs
challenge to make public the drug evidence that led to the 211-game suspension
of the New York Yankees star.
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vice-president Rob Manfred wrote to lawyer Joseph Tacopina on Monday, urging him
to waive his clients confidentiality under baseballs Joint Drug Agreement so the
documents could be released. Tacopina had said he wanted to discuss evidence
publicly but was constrained by the provision. "We will agree to waive those
provisions as they apply to both Rodriguez and the office of commissioner of
baseball with respect to Rodriguezs entire history under the program, including,
but not limited to, his testing history, test results, violations of the
program, and all information and evidence relating to Rodriguezs treatment by
Anthony Bosch, Anthony Galea and Victor Conte," Manfred wrote in the letter,
which was released by MLB. Bosch was head of the Biogenesis of America
anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs.
Galea pleaded guilty two years ago to a federal charge of bringing unapproved
drugs into the United States from Canada. Conte was head of the Bay Area
Laboratory Co-Operative, the target of a federal investigation that led to
criminal charges against Barry Bonds, Marion Jones and others. Manfred proposed
that both sides disclose information and documents relating to: --All drug tests
that were conducted on Rodriguez under the program and their results; -- All
prior violations of the program committed by Rodriguez, and; -- All documents
relating to the issue of whether Rodriguez obstructed the office of the
commissioners investigation. Tacopina, a lawyer with one of the four firms
representing Rodriguez, said the players association would have to agree to
waive confidentiality. "The letter was nothing more than a cheap publicity
stunt," Tacopina said in a statement. "The letter that was addressed to my law
office with the words Via Hand Delivery on top was in fact never delivered to my
office but was instead given to the Today show, which in and of itself is yet
another violation of the confidentiality clause of the JDA. They know full well
that they have to address the letter to the MLBPA and such a waiver would
require the MLBAPA to be party of the agreement and signatures. Its nothing but
a theatrical trap hoping I would sign knowing that I couldnt and in fact would
have me breaching the JDA agreement if I did." The union didnt immediately
respond to a request for comment. A three-time AL MVP, Rodriguez is playing
pending his appeal, which is not expected to be decided by arbitrator Fredric
Horowitz until at least November. In addition to his own lawyers, Rodriguez paid
Florida-based attorney Susy Ribero-Ayala in February to represent Bosch. "A
retainer of $25,000 was paid (via wire transfer) by a representative of Alex
Rodriguez. Ms. Ribero-Ayala accepted this payment on behalf of Anthony Bosch as
payment for his legal representation," Ribero-Ayala spokeswoman Joyce
Fitzpatrick said in a statement Monday. "In April 2013, Ms. Ribero-Ayala
received an unsolicited and unwarranted wire transfer of $50,000 from A-Rod
Corp. The funds were immediately returned. Mr. Rodriguez does not have any
involvement in Mr. Boschs legal representation." In June, Bosch agreed to
co-operate with MLBs investigation. The payments were first reported Sunday by
ESPN. Rodriguez declined comment, citing the JDAs confidentiality provision. "At
some point, I think everybody will talk," he said early Monday. "I think
everybody has to have a little patience." Rodriguez is among 14 players
disciplined by MLB this summer following its Biogenesis investigation. Former NL
MVP Ryan Braun accepted a 65-game suspension and 12 players agreed to 50-game
penalties. The 38-year-old Rodriguez made his big league season debut Aug. 5,
the same day his suspension was announced. He had been sidelined since left hip
surgery in January and his return was delayed by a leg injury in July. Rodriguez
batted .120 (3 for 25) with no RBIs in last years playoffs, and Tacopina claims
an Oct. 11 MRI at New York-Presbyterian Hospital revealed the left hip injury.
The Yankees maintain Rodriguez complained then only of a problem with his right
hip, which was operated on in March 2009. "They put him out there in that
condition when he shouldnt have even been walking, much less playing baseball,"
Tacopina said Monday during an interview with The Associated Press. Rodriguez
said Sunday he asked the union to file a grievance over his medical treatment.
That likely will not be part of the drug appeal. "Im sure it will be separate,
but Ill leave that to those expects in labour law and the CBA process," he said.
Tacopina also claims Yankees President Randy Levine told Dr. Bryan Kelly of the
Hospital for Special Surgery, who operated on Rodriguezs left hip in January,
that he didnt want to see Rodriguez play for the team again. Levine has denied
the allegation. "This is part of the mindset of what theyre doing to this guy
and working in conjunction with MLB to try to keep him off the field," Tacopina
said. Tracy Hickenbottom, a HSS spokeswoman, said Kelly had no comment. The
Yankees said in a statement "we relied upon Dr. Christopher Ahmad and the New
York-Presbyterian Hospital for medical diagnosis, opinions and treatment. The
Yankees neither had any complaints from Alex Rodriguez pertaining to his left
hip during the 2012 regular season and the Yankees post-season, nor did the
Yankees receive any diagnosis pertaining to his left hip during that same period
of time." Bryan Dotson, a spokesman for New York-Presbyterian, said the hospital
had no comment on Rodriguezs treatment, Also Monday, a woman indicted last year
on charges of stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed a petition in
New York State Supreme Court asking for an order to block Tacopina from
representing Rodriguez. Louise Motherwell claimed Stephen Turano of Tacopinas
firm has represented her in a New Jersey case. One of Motherwells lawyers said
last year she had a consensual relationship with Cashman, and the filing said
she shared information with Turano claiming Cashman "intentionally misled
federal investigators during the Roger Clemens investigation," "knew of Yankee
clubhouse steroid use by various Yankee players by name" and "was ambivalent to
the use of performance-enhancement drugs so long as nothing came back to the
Yankees organization." Tacopina said Motherwell never retained his firm, and
that Turano has his own firm in New Jersey.
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